•KILLIAN• I should have known something was wrong from the very first day. I should have followed my instincts and pressed on until she told me everything. Even when I noticed she was uncomfortable the whole trip after her encounter with Damon at the party, I should have expected it. Even the messages from my emails sent to me about her secrets seemed suspicious. It kept me in my office for hours. It troubled me more than I expected, and I didn’t want it to be true. "I need a smoke," I mutter to myself as I go to my study balcony to clear my head, not lighting up a cigarette until I notice two figures standing in the garden. It was Brynn and Thalia? What the heck was Thalia doing here? Before I could even question why she was in my house so late, I saw her push Brynn down to the floor